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Comet C2022 E3 (ZTF)
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a non-periodic comet from the Oort cloud that was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) on 2 March 2022.
The comet has a bright green glow around its nucleus, due to the effect of sunlight on diatomic carbon and cyanogen.
The comet’s systematic designation starts with C to indicate that it is not a periodic comet, and “2022 E3” means that it was the third comet to be discovered in the first half of March 2022.
The comet nucleus was estimated to be about a kilometer in size and rotating every 8.5 to 8.7 hours.
Its tails of dust and gas extended for millions of kilometers
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Object info
Name: C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Type: comet (non-periodic)
Constellation: n/a
Perihelion/Aphelion: 1.11 and 2800 AU (1 AU = 149.6 million km)
Orbital period: ~ 50000 yr
Dimensions: ~ 1 km
Discovered: March 2, 2022
Date & location
Date: February 7, 2023
Location: Landgraaf, The Netherlands
Equipment & optics
Total integration: 33 min
Camera: ZWO ASI 120MC
Optics: TMB/LOMO 80/480
Mount: Losmandy G-11 Gemini
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Difficult to process due to fast moving object
